Press Releases / Global

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has recently acted for Pantheon Resources plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production company, on its placing which targeted $25m but with strong demand raised $30m. The placing was conducted through an accelerated bookbuild process with Stifel Nicholas Europe acting as bookrunner for the placing. Akin […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is today (10 March 2016) pleased to announce that 17 individuals have been promoted to the Partnership across the Firm’s London, Singapore and Moscow offices. The Real Estate department saw six Partner promotions, while Litigation & Corporate Risk (LCR) had four, Corporate had three, and the Finance and […]

Hotel industry professionals are divided as to whether a ‘Brexit’ would have a positive or negative impact on UK hotels, according to the latest European Hotel Market Survey launched today (7 March 2016) by international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Karen Friebe, BLP Hotels Group Partner unveiled the results of the survey as Berlin’s […]

International law fir­­m Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Numis Securities as sponsor in relation to the re-domiciliation of FTSE 250 insurance company Beazley plc to the UK, to be affected by way of a “top hat” scheme of arrangement. Completion of the deal is conditional upon shareholder approval at a meeting convened by the […]

The Rating Surveyors Association (RSA) and the British Property Federation (BFP) have today been granted permission to intervene in a pending appeal to the UK Supreme Court; the Monk v Newbigin business rates case. International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) represents both the RSA and the BPF. Following a ruling in February 2015, valuation […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (8 February 2016) released its annual ‘Private Equity in Mining’ report revealing that over $3.15bn of private equity investment was injected into mining projects during 2015 over 119 deals. The research, published at the start of Investing in African Mining, Indaba 2016 in Cape Town, shows […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today (28 January 2016) announces the appointment of Partner Anthea Bamford. She joins the Firm’s Real Estate practice group on 2 March 2016 from Clifford Chance where she was a Senior Associate for the past nine and a half years. Anthea is a real estate lawyer with 15 […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (25 January 2016) announced the appointments of two new Partners into its Dubai office to further boost the Firm’s UAE offering. Raza Mithani, an International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Partner, joins the Firm on 3 February 2016 from King & Spalding, and Alexander Sarac, an Energy […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has successfully advised two Frazer-Nash group companies in legal proceedings against The London Taxi Company (LTC), following today’s ruling from the High Court. The case was brought against Frazer-Nash for trade mark infringement and passing off by The London Taxi Company (LTC), makers of the TX black cabs. […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has today (7 January 2016) released its annual International Arbitration survey, this year focusing on the role of tribunal secretaries in international commercial arbitration. The report, which had respondents from across Africa, APAC, Europe, the Middle East and both North and South America, looked at a number of […]